As a former National Park Service ranger, I understand the need to rein in the population of illegally released, quickly overpopulating, invasive python species in Florida dubbed “reptiles of concern.

MIAMI — A nationwide ban on importing four giant snake species or transporting them across state lines is costing reptile breeders, handlers, hobbyists and vendors millions and should be overturned, ...

OCHOPEE, Florida (Reuters) -Amy Siewe was a successful real estate agent -- but her life changed after she captured her first python in Florida's Everglades. "I just had this fascination with snakes.

A call from a social worker on Monday to the Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary, located in Lancaster County, set the ball rolling for the rescue of about a dozen exotic pets. The owner had kept the ...

A python measuring 21 feet and weighing more than 200 pounds was captured this week behind a home in the Malaysian district ...

The Papuan Olive Python, Apodora papuana, is a large, non-venomous snake native to New Guinea, distinguished by its rare ability to change skin color, ...

Burmese pythons, a non-native snake, has proliferated across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida.

Capturing a 13-foot-1-inch Burmese python during the first weekend of the 2016 Python Challenge wasn’t particularly scary for 69-year-old Jack Merwin, even though it was the biggest snake he had ever ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As quick as a mongoose, 90-pound, 5-foot-2-inch Lindsay McAfee pounced on the 7-foot Burmese python, pinned its head to the ground with an aluminum snake hook and stowed it in a ...

The missing ball python, named Pasta, is reportedly worth $100 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on MTV, The Frisky ...

After being captivated by professional wrestling last weekend, the residents of Woodland Skilled Nursing, located at 678 Third St., enjoyed a calmer but no less exciting event when they hosted Python ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A new regulation in Arkansas that prohibits anyone from breeding, selling or importing any of five large python species without a permit has received backlash from critics who ...